Ypres, Belgium
Menin Gate Memorial
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
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Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Antwerp, Belgium
The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.
Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.
Liège, Belgium
A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
Neerpelt, Belgium
Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Bassenge, Belgium
A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Brussels, Belgium
Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.
Belarus
An engineering marvel at the time of its construction, this cross-border waterway sought to connect the Black Sea to the Baltic.
Minsk, Belarus
A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.
Polotsk, Belarus
A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus
A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.
Minski rajon, Belarus
Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.
Graz, Austria
Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.